Written by Bolaji Israel If you’ve got an iPad, the following tips will help you get the most out of it. 1. Conserve battery The iPad has pretty impressive battery life: 10 hours should be more than enough between charges for most people. If you are on a very long-haul flight, however, or you need…
As the exploitation of vulnerabilities specific to country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries has become an increasingly common problem, especially in relatively small markets around the world. A ccTLD is an internet domain registry generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory, such as .co.uk (for United Kingdom) or .fr…
A press statement reaching us says Blackberry and the Lagos State Innovation Advisory Council have today signed a Letter of Intent outlining their intention to build a BlackBerry Apps Lab in Lagos. Commenting on the agreement, Managing Director for West, East and Central Africa Waldi Wepener said: “With over 250 Nigerian developed applications already available…
BlackBerry yesterday officially launched its next-generation platform to Nigerian customers with the sleek Z10 smartphone, which is now available in black and white from carriers Etisalat, Glo, Airtel and MTN Nigeria and at authorized retail outlets through distributors EMS and Brightstar. The press statement issued at the event says the BlackBerry World storefront currently…
Ten years ago, the representatives of the peoples of the world, assembled in Geneva in 2003 and in Tunis in 2005 for the first and second phases of the World Summit on the Information Society adopted a common vision of the Information Society, identified its key principles and outlined the main challenges towards an…
If am writing this article with reference to customer service and experience in developed countries, I will probably not start this way. Each time I hear most companies and organizations especially the banks in Nigeria talk about customer service and customer service day, I don’t ever take them seriously because am yet to see any…
Just few weeks ago Blackberry launched two Phones-the Z10 and the Q10 riding on the new Platform 10. Two days ago BlackBerry officially announced the new BlackBerry® Z10 smartphone is launching in Nigeria. The BlackBerry Z10,powered by BlackBerry® 10, will come in black and white and will be available from Friday 1st March from carriers…
The Student Research Showcase is an innovative web-based competition which affords a great opportunity for students to compete in an international event without paying expensive travel costs. Students are invited to submit project descriptions for consideration to present.Judging categories include Behavioral Sciences, Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Geo-Sciences,…
All is now set for the two-day 2013 edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), holding at the Welcome Centre Hotels, Lagos between March 7 and 8 under the chairmanship of the chief executive, Condata Systems and former President, Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Dr. Chris Nwannenna. Executive Director, Operations at…
Later today,The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) will hold her annual President Dinner where Sir Jim Ovia – Founder of Visafone Networks, would be delivering the Keynote on “Framework for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in the ICT Industry – The Role of Software”, Highlight of the event will be the unveiling of Jim…
Engr. Ajayi is the Managing Director of Pinet Informatics Limited, one of the first ISPs in Nigeria. He is the President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). He has served as the Vice-Chairman of the Internet Service Providers Association of Nigeria (ISPAN) and Africa ISP Association (AfrISPA). He is a founding member…
In a bid to help promote the expansion of broadband services in Nigeria,Telecoms Answers Associate in collaboration with Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC) mobilizes Telecoms experts and companies in a Broadband Expansion Program for Nigeria. Read all about the event here.
ATCON News this week have it that Phase3 Telecom, a Nigerian aerial fibre infrastructure company, will provide high-speed broadband connectivity via its Open Access Network to schools in rural parts of Nigeria. Stanley Jegede, Chief Executive of Phase3, said the project will allow schools to further utilise ICT. The company already supports education in Nigeria…
Today, consumers call the shots. With globalization and the internet providing nearly unlimited choices, power has shifted from corporations to consumers. This shift makes it nearly impossible for companies to sustain differentiation based solely on price or product. The only option that remains is the customer experience.Devices and channels such as mobile, social and web,…
The eLearning Africa Photo Competition is back this year in its fourth edition. Under the theme of “Tradition and ICT innovation: a couple with potential”, budding photographers are encouraged to send in their photos depicting how ICT is enhancing the way individuals and communities in Africa live, learn, cooperate and connect. ICT can offer…
It really makes sense when Peter Drucker-a business philosopher says the very best way to predict the future is to create it. Realizing that Technology is one vital sector that impacts on every aspect of the economy, be it Health, Agriculture, Education, Finance and also governance, helps nations make adequate budget and plan for her…
As the year unfolds gradually, many companies are strategically aliening themselves for to leverage the opportunities of the time,one of such company is Symantec Corp recently announced a new strategy that will streamline and simplify the company so it can deliver significantly improved performance for customers and partners. This plan by the company was made…
Few days ago I got this detailed press report that Research in Motion(RIM) has finally changed their name to Blackberry and launched two phones on the much awaited Platform 10. I am yet to have access to the new phones to review them but within few days of this launch have received more than ten…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),the regulatory body of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria has announced a new price cap of N4.00 per message for all domestic off-net short messaging service with effect from February 5, in the first regulatory intervention of the year to bring down the cost of SMS.Read the rest story here.
As part of the ITU’s Girls in ICT project & Tech Needs Girls campaign, Women in Technology in Nigeria brings Technovation Challenge to Nigeria. The Mobile App Challenge was opened on Monday for secondary school girls(ages 13-18) who would work in teams of 5s to develop mobile apps, conduct market research, write business plans, and…
Symantec Corp recently announced the findings of its 2012 Information Retention and eDiscovery Survey which examined how enterprises manage their ever-growing volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) and prepare for the eventuality of an eDiscovery request. The study found the percentage of organizations without a formal information retention plan dropped by half from the 2011…
Following a press statement made available to us by SY&T Communications Limited Oracle has announced Oracle Infrastructure as a Service (Oracle IaaS) with Capacity on Demand.Oracle IaaS enables organizations to deploy fully integrated Engineered Systems, including Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud,Oracle SPARC SuperCluster, Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine and Oracle Sun ZFS Storage…
Nokia, Microsoft, Dalberg organized Innovation for Vision 20:2020 Forum to boost Nigeria’s economy and to stimulate discussion about the role of ICT’s and innovation in catalyzing development Global phone manufacturer, Nokia in partnership with leading Software maker, Microsoft and Dalberg Global Development Advisors organized a full day forum to discuss ways the ICT sector can…
With explosion in data as a result of increased use of the social networks and connected mobile devices globally, data is growing so big reaching a worldwide total of 7.9 zeta bytes (or eight trillion gigabytes) by 2015.Businesses today are faced with the challenge of keeping up with satisfying their customers ever increasing demand while…
A research commissioned by mobile advertising network, Twinpine has given fresh insight into the unprecedented growth of the African mobile market, revealing that mobile penetration is driving internet usage across West Africa and playing a fundamental role in fuelling economic growth. The study – An analysis of Mobile Technology in West Africa: The Case Of…
On the 15th of January at Dubai, you will have the opportunity to learn about the World’s most comprehensive Cloud on Planet Earth..As more than 25 million users rely on Oracle Cloud every day, there is certainly something of interest for Nigeria and Nigerian businesses to learn from beyond what we had at Oracle Nigeria…
A COMMUNIQUE ON INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE PRACTITIONERS O F NIGERIA(ISPON) – NATIONAL SOFTWARE CONFERENCE AND COMPETITION – TINAPA, CALABAR, CROSS-RIVER STATE – FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA – 2012. The Cloud has been identified and indeed become the latest strategic roadmap for ICT development at all levels of engagement. As the Internet continues to transform…
The Federal Ministry of Communications Technology Nigeria in collaboration with industry partners like Accenture, Access bank, Chevron, Digital Jewels, Exxon Mobil, Firstbank and Total, has launched a Technology Innovation Programme called Techlaunchpad to nurture and develop software entrepreneurs who have a vision to build successful software companies that support the industry. Techlaunchpad is a Public…
TechWomen brings emerging women leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) from the Middle East and Africa together with their counterparts in the United States for a professional mentorship and exchange program. TechWomen connects and supports the next generation of women leaders in STEM fields by providing them access and opportunity to advance their…
On Sunday the 30th of this month, the Google Developer Group Lagos (GDG Lagos) is putting together a DevFest – an event for designers, developers and techies. It is a developer community-run event with speaker sessions and codelabs across Google Developer product areas & APIs. According to the organisers led by Femi Taiwo”We’ll be diving…